Steven Levy on http://www.onthemedia.org/http://www.onthemedia.org/people/steven-levy/2012-04-13T00:00:00-04:00Word Watch: Hacker
2012-04-13T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/apr/13/word-watch-hacker/<p>The past year we've heard stories about hacking, from <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/world/europe/17britain.html?scp=3&amp;sq=news%20of%20the%20world%20phone%20hacking%20scandal&amp;st=cse" target="_blank">The News of the World</a></em> scandal to the exploits of groups like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/technology/16-arrested-as-fbi-hits-the-hacking-group-anonymous.html" target="_blank">Anonymous</a> and<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5815546/lulzsec-calls-it-quits" target="_blank"> Lulzsec</a>. But the way the media uses the word 'hack' diverges sharply from the way it's used by actual hackers. <em>On the Media</em> Producer Alex Goldman explores the history of the word and how its meaning has shifted over time in a story that originally aired in September of 2011. </p>
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